They do work together, and we try and make sure that the message, again, and the messenger, the messages that we give to the public is spot on and truthful and factual. Years and years and years ago, you would listen to somebody talk about, “Well, this dolphin, da, da,… Read More
And I keep saying we have, but we developed. And I think we need that feedback because education today is changing in the school systems, obviously, too. And with social media and the way people seem to use the tools of social media, children or younger people don’t seem to… Read More
So we have to keep finding out, what is the message?… Read More
We kill cows to eat them. Hopefully we do in it a humane manner. We kill chickens in a humane manner, but food is humanely disposed of for our pleasure. You talked about education. Read More
How does SeaWorld measure the impact of its education programs, if it does, I presume it does, on the public’s perception of the importance of these marines mammals?… Read More
Is the education department and animal management, again, working together?… Read More
And do you get feedback?… Read More
A drive fishery is a technique that goes back 100 years in Japan where fishermen in the southern islands would come upon schools of dolphins and they would actually put pipes in the water off the sides of their ship and form a wall and make noise and drive them,… Read More
They did it last year. They did it the year before. They did it 100 years ago, and they’re gonna do it when no aquarium in China is buying the dolphins, which they’re still doing today. But, basically, what we had to do was really separate ourselves. The drive fishery… Read More
And if the Japanese people wanna do that because that’s their choice of food sources, who are we to criticize them?… Read More
And so we’re sharing the knowledge with millions of people because of these types of exhibits. And I think some of the plans that we had for the future of some of the cetaceans pools are gonna get more involved. And we just build a beautiful pool in San Antonio… Read More
They gotta go find food and water.” And they do use the same paths every day, so it does put a little bit more real into what’s real. And it gives, again, back to my mantra, I want the public to change their behavior a little bit more and get… Read More
Can you talk about what a drive fishery is and why SeaWorld and the alliance are opposed to it?… Read More
What exhibits, if any, were you responsible for kind of shepherding and championing?… Read More
And were they groundbreaking or were they expansions on something you had seen worldwide?… Read More
Well, I think some of the things that we’ve done in my tenure, I think the Wild Arctics were pretty cool. I think Discovery Cove was awesome, where you can swim in a reef and swim with dolphins. And I think the evolution of Antarctica from the Penguin Encounters to… Read More
No, no, working with such a large collection was actually, I think, a blessing because of the ability to have sustainable populations and the ability to have the flexibility and learn more. I think it’s exciting when you can look at thousands of penguins, you can walk into a penguin… Read More
Have you seen, again, the evolution of training and enrichment and activities aside from the animal care protocols at SeaWorld?… Read More
Absolutely, in all parts of the zoos and aquariums around the world are learning from each other. And it’s increasing daily. We’ve got a lot of work to do in some parts of the world though. Some of the quality of facilities aren’t very good and the quality of care… Read More
Yeah, certainly I did. I mean, I think the challenges you have are personalities. And it’s more people related. You run into somebody that’s in the entertainment department that wants to do this. And you can say, “Well, wait, can we talk about it?” “Well, we don’t need to talk… Read More